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The lady followed in a smart carriage, along with...
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 9:44 AM
The lady followed in a smart carriage, along with her
maidShe directed the disposition of the furniture in a bedroom and
sitting room near Scarlett's, then left her maid to see to her
unpacking"Now we begin," she said to Scarlett"I might just as
well not be here at all," Scarlett complained"The only thing I'm
allowed to do is sign bank drafts for scandalous amounts of money
She was talking to Ocras, Cat's tabbyThe name meant "hungry" in
Irish and had been given by the cook in an exasperated moment
Ocras
ignored Scarlett, but she had no one else to talk to
Charlotte Montague and MrsFitzpatrick seldom asked her opinion
about
anythingBoth of them knew what a Big House should be, and she
didn'tNor was she very interestedFor most of her life the house
she lived in had simply been there, chanel necklace already as it was, and she'd never
thought about itTara was Tara, Aunt Pittypat's was Aunt Pitty's,
even though half of it belonged to herScarlett had involved herself
only with the house Rhett built for herShe'd bought the newest and
most expensive furnishings and decorations, and she'd been pleased
with
them because they proved how rich she wasThe house itself never
gave
her pleasure; she hardly saw it
Just as she didn't really see the Big House at Ballyhara
Eighteenth-century Palladian, Charlotte said, and what, pray tell, was
so important about that? What mattered to Scarlett was the land, for
its richness and its crops, and the town, for its rents and services
and because no one, not even Rhett, owned his own townHowever,
she
understood perfectly well that accepting balenciaga purses invitations placed an
obligation on her to return them, and she couldn't invite people to a
place that had furniture in only two roomsShe was lucky, she
upposed, that Charlotte Montague wanted to transform the Big House
for
herShe had more interesting things to do with her timeScarlett
was firm about the points that mattered to her: Cat must have a room
next to her own, not in some nursery wing with a and Scarlett would
do
her own accounts, not turn all her usiness over to a bailiffOther
than that, Charlotte and MrsFitz could do whatever they likedThe
costs made her wince, but she ad agreed to give Charlotte a free hand
and it was too late to back out once she'd shaken hands on it
Besides, money just didn't matter o her now the way it used toSo
Scarlett took refuge in the Estate office and men's gold gucci watches Cat made the itchen her
own while workmen did unknown, expensive, noisy, smelly things to
her
house for months on endAt least she had the farm to run, and her
duties as The O'HaraAlso she was buying horses"I know little or
nothing about horses," said Charlotte MontagueIt was a statement
that made Scarlett's eyebrows skid upwardsShe'd come to believe
that
there was nothing on earth Charlotte didn't claim to be an expert on
"You'll need at least four saddle horses and six hunters, eight would
be better, and you must ask Sir olin Morland to assist you in selecting
them
"Six hunters! God's nightgown, Charlotte, you're talking abou,:, more
than five hundred pounds!"
Scarlett shoutedShe brought her voice down to
normal
sound, she'd learned that shouting at MrsMontague was a waste very cheap chanel bags of
energy; nothing bothered the woman"I'll educate you a little about
horses," she said with venomous sweetness"You can only ride one
Teams are for carriages and plows She lost the argument
That was why she didn't bother to argue about John Morland's help,
she
told herselfBut Scarlett knew that really she had been hoping to
have a reason to see BartHe might have some news of RhettShe
rode
over to Dunsany the next day
Morland was delighted by her requestOf course he'd help her find
the
best hunters in all Ireland"Do you ever hear from your American
friend, Bart?" She hoped the question sounded casual, she'd waited
long enough to get it inJohn Morland could talk about horses even
longer than Pa and Beatrice Tarleton"Rhett, do you mean?"
Scarlett's heart turned over at the sound of his chanel j12 watches name
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